| Space Station 3D | |
| Director: | Toni Myers |
| Producer: | Toni Myers |
| Narrator: | Tom Cruise |
| Music: | Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon |
| Cinematography: | James Neihouse |
| Editing: | Toni Myers |
| Distributor: | IMAX Corporation |
| Runtime: | 47 minutes[1] |
| Country: | Canada United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $1 million[2] |
| Gross: | $127.6 million[3] |
Space Station 3D (simply known as Space Station in 2D format) is a 2002 Canadian-American 3D short documentary film about the International Space Station written, produced, edited and directed by Toni Myers.[4] Narrated by Tom Cruise, it is the first IMAX 3D production filmed in space.
Space Station 3D was the first 3D live-action film to be shot in space. Using advanced 3D technology, the film tells the story of the greatest engineering feat since men landed on the Moon; the on-orbit assembly of the International Space Station as it travels 220 miles above the Earth at 17,500 mph. The film included sequences that portray the force of a rocket launch, look into the depths of space, experience life in zero gravity and accompany astronauts on a space walk."[5]
The film is the highest-grossing film never to have placed in the top 10 domestic box office, grossing $93,376,342 domestically and $34,971,266 overseas for a total worldwide gross of $128,347,608.[6]
Space Station 3D has received positive reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87%, based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 6.93/10.[7] Metacritic gives the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]